Ferrule.



Patented Out. 1901.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNITED STATES ?ATENT OFFICE,

FREDRIOK GEORGE FISH, OF MILES PLATTING, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

FERRULE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,559, dated October1, 1901.

Application filed May 7, 1901. Serial No. 59,087. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that LFREDRICK GEORGE FisH, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at {Miles Platting, Manchester, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ferrules, of which the followingis a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ferrules for walking-sticks,umbrella-sticks,and other devices; and the object thereof is to provide an improvedferrule or ferrule-tip which may be quickly and easily connected withthe end of a walking-stick or the stick of an umbrella whenevernecessary or desired and whereby a new ferrule may be substituted forthe old one as occasion may require.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of an end of awalking-stick provided with my improved ferrule or ferrule-tip, and Fig.2 a longitudinal section thereof.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 theend of a walking-stick, or this part may represent the end of anumbrella or the end of a staff or similar article, and in the practiceof my invention I secure thereto or thereon in any desired manner a tip6, having a socket 7, adapted to receive the end of a stick, and thistip may be secured to the stick by screws, pins, or in any preferredmanner.

The tip 6 is preferably slightly reduced in size at its outer end, asshown at 8, and is provided with a screw-threaded socket 9, adapted toreceive a screw-threaded sleeve 10,in which is placed a ferrule-plug 11.

The inner bore of the sleeve 10 is larger at its inner end than at itsouter end, and the ferrule-plug 11 is also larger at its inner end thanat its outer end and is placed in the sleeve 10 before the latter isscrewed into the socket 9, and'when the parts are thus connected theferrule-plug 11 will remain firmly in place and be securely held inposition.

The sleeve 10 is angular in cross-section or provided with facets 12, asshown in Fig. 1, and by means thereof a spanner or wrench may beconnected therewith, so as to turn the said sleeve, and it will beapparent that a new ferrule-plug may be substituted for the old onewhenever desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A ferrule-tip provided with a socket,a screw-threaded socket, a sleeve adapted to be screwed into saidscrew-threaded socket, the bore of said sleeve being larger at its innerthan at its outer end and a ferrule-plug adapted to be inserted into theinner end of said sleeve and to project therefrom, said plug beinglarger at its inner than at its outer end, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A ferrule-tip provided at each end with a socket, a sleeve adapted tobe screwed in the outer socket and a ferrule-plug placed in said sleeveand projecting therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of April,1901.

FREDRIOK GEORGE FISH.

Witnesses: I v

HERBERT 'MURTHER, THOS. Horwoon.

